Introducing Phi.3D 2.0

BERLIN, GERMANY, 7 October, 2014 - DotProduct debuts Phi.3D V2.0 at INTERGEO this week.Phi.3D software powers the DotProduct DPI-7 handheld mobile imager kit. The new release deliversfeatures that early adopters of the DPI-7 have been requesting: the capability to capture much largerpoint cloud scenes and to take measurements right on the tablet. Other V2.0 enhancements includepatent-pending technology for using AprilTags to help accelerate global scene optimization andimage-based rendering (IBR) for higher quality point cloud visualization. The user interface has alsobeen overhauled to make navigation much more intuitive. DotProduct CMO, Tom Greaves, andCTO, Rafael Spring, will be on-site at INTERGEO, Hall 1.1, Stand D.1.012, providing livedemonstrations and answering questions about the upcoming release. Phi.3D V2.0 is currently in betaand is scheduled for release later this quarter.

“Phi.3D V2.0 is a breakthrough,” says Greaves. “Our developers have upended mobile data captureand processing with this new release. Using our improved, patent-pending Append technology, wecan now capture and automatically register multiple scans on the tablet. This enables the capture ofsignificantly larger areas and even multiple rooms on the DPI-7—right in the field, eliminatingtedious and schedule-eating back office or cloud processing.”

What this means in practice is that scene size is no longer a constraint during capture or inDotProduct’s unique Append function, which allows new point cloud data to be appended topreviously captured data. New data is automatically stitched to existing data in the same coordinatesystem. The new release also supports AprilTags, a visual fiducial system designed for highlocalization accuracy, which provides tighter registration of multiple or large scenes in Phi.3D V2.0.“Our customers have also been asking for measurement tools right on the tablet—we’ve also got thatnow,” says Greaves.

Other Phi.3D V2.0 enhancements include support for the most commonly used tablet/mobile chipsetsincluding NVIDIA Tegra 3, 4, K1, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, 2xx to 8xx, Samsung Exynos / MaliGPU and Intel Core. The new release also supports the Intel RealSense camera.

About DotProductFounded in 2012, DotProduct develops high performance, easy-to-use solutions for capturing 3Ddata on handheld tablets. Its flagship Phi.3D software is delivered via the DPI-7 mobile handheld 3Dimaging kit, as well as through licensing to OEMs and partners. Current use cases for Phi.3D and theDPI-7 range from 3D construction documentation to industrial facility management, crime scenemapping, accident investigation, and various as-built BIM workflows. Customers across a widevariety of industries use 3D data to mitigate project execution risk and contain costs and schedules.(http://www.dotproduct3d.com).